This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Do not hand over Jullian Assange to the United States
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Jullian Assange was arrested after being removed from the Embassy in London, in the United States he faces charges of Computer Hacking. We should not hand him over to the United States as his case would be politically motivated and he would face a unfair sentence.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This is a decision for the courts, which are independent of the UK Government and Parliament.
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